National Park Mystery Plant 18: His, Hers, and Its
With a little sleuthing you can solve this mystery plant puzzler -- or take the answer into possession, as it were.
- By Bob Janiskee - March 23rd, 2011 9:07am
Reader Participation Day: Would You Ever Go On A Multi-Week, Or More, Hike?
Would you ever head off down a trail for a multi-week, or longer, hike, carrying all you need in a pack on your back?
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2011 3:55am
"Muir's March" For Hetch Hetchy In Yosemite National Park Scheduled For July
The Third Annual 'Muir's March,' an affair intended to raise support for draining the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, is scheduled for July. If you're interested in joining the backpacking trek, now's the time to sign up.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2011 2:55am
Free Water Soon To Be Available On North, South Rims of Grand Canyon National Park
In a development that would be great to see replicated across the National Park System, particularly in its more arid corners, you'll soon be able to relatively easily refill your water bottles for free at Grand Canyon National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2011 2:44am
Spring Wallops Yosemite National Park With Potent Punch
The first day of spring was anything but spring-like at Yosemite National Park, which saw all its entrance roads closed down by a combination of snow, ice, mudslides, downed power lines, and fallen trees.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 22nd, 2011 7:15am
Off The Well-Trod Path: The Mayna Avent Cabin In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
While much is known and obvious to national park visitors, there are somethings that are not well-known and often remain secret unless you either stumble upon them or learn of them from a local. Such just might be the case with the Mayna Avent cabin in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Far North Film Festival Coming To Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Not even Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is too far off the beaten path not to have a film festival. Come April 23, the park will show the Far North Conservation Film Festival, which celebrates films about the "conservation and sustainability of wildlife, wild places, and cultures from around the world."
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 22nd, 2011 2:57am
Updated: Big Bend National Park Proposing To Cut Mountain Bike Trail, PEER, NPS Retirees Raise Objections
The very purpose and role of national parks is being drawn into question over a proposal by Big Bend National Park officials to cut a dual-use mountain bike trail into a hillside near Panther Junction.
BIBE-Mountain Bike EA.pdf
National Park Service Director Refuses Request To Run Professional Bike Race Through Colorado National Monument
Holding that a professional bike race is neither "necessary nor appropriate" for a national park, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis has endorsed a decision by the Colorado National Monument superintendent not to open the monument to such an event.
Higher Paddling Fees Coming To Canyonlands National Park
It's soon going to cost private river groups a bit more to go padding in Canyonlands National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 22nd, 2011 2:14am
